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Community members on the Northside gathered Saturday to remember the life of a teen struck and killed by a car. James Askew was fatally hit by a car in November 2021 on Rolling River Boulevard. The 14-year-old was on his scooter, and investigators said he didn’t check the street beforeContinue Reading

Preeclampsia is one of the most common and severe disorders during pregnancy. It has a 60% higher rate in Black women than white women and Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Continue Reading

The WNBA is working with Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury on travel options including charter flights going forward. Griner’s travel was back in the spotlight last week when the team took a flight to Texas and then Indiana, requiring Griner and her Mercury teammates to go through commercial airports.Continue Reading

The Coast Guard offloaded more than 14,000 pounds of cocaine worth more than $186 million in Miami Friday. The drugs were part of nine different operations in international waters in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The U.S.S. Little Rock which is stationed at NAS Mayport took part in someContinue Reading

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, a month after the university suspended him for three games for using an anti-gay slur while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview. Huggins, 69, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was pulled over by police in PittsburghContinue Reading

The timing of Michael Jordan’s decision to sell his majority ownership stake in the Charlotte Hornets has left the organization in flux, with several looming key personnel decisions. The Hornets have the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. They also have some difficult decisions to makeContinue Reading

The Memphis Grizzlies put their future and title hopes in the hands of Ja Morant. With Morant suspended, so are the franchise’s championship plans. The NBA has sidelined Morant for the first 25 games of the upcoming season. The suspension Friday of Memphis’ franchise player was not unexpected for anContinue Reading

Jac Caglianone scored the winning run on Luke Heyman’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning after Ty Evans and Wyatt Langford homered to tie it, and Florida rallied to beat Virginia 6-5 in the College World Series on Friday night. The Gators’ 21st come-from-behind win of theContinue Reading

Victor Wembanyama wasn’t the only young French prospect turning heads overseas. Granted, fans would have had to look much farther to find Rayan Rupert, who played for the New Zealand Breakers. He is among the international prospects expecting to hear their names called at the NBA draft on Thursday inContinue Reading